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Charity
CLIMB OF LIFE

HITS ANOTHER NEW PEAK!

he ‘Climb of Life’ – the annual two days and party: I was so comprising Phil Lawson, Sammy OPI team, led by Steve and Kelly
Tindustry fundraising event knackered afterwards that I slept & Rob Bartley, Scott Woodward Hilleard and Janet Bell.
for cancer charities – hit new for over 12 hours”, organiser and Steve Oldham. To celebrate this milestone,
heights this year, beating the Graeme Chapman MBE reported This is now the 30th year of the Prof Paul Workman, the President
2016 total to reach £103,280. This that “this year there were 128 ‘Climb of Life’, including 25 years and CEO of ICR, joined in the trek
is the fourth consecutive year ‘trekkers’ taking part - the largest at the Swan Hotel, Grasmere, and and gave a fascinating speech
in which more than £100,000 number of participants yet – and the 11th year of fundraising for about the discoveries that ICR
has been collected and pushes there were five new companies the Institute Of Cancer Research have made to date and the
the overall total raised to a involved, including 3M, Acco, (ICR). Over all that time, the main projects that they are currently
staggering £1.5 million. SPOT and the TC Group, making it sponsor has been VOW/EVO, who working on. Paul also presented
Succinctly summarising a real Who’s Who of our industry”. this year were also the second Graeme with a commemorative
the whole event as “a brilliant There was also a BOSS team largest fund raiser behind the certificate and inscribed pen.

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